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| Title | Authors | Publisher | Source | Year | Public Availability |
| Numerical Investigation on Blade/Wake-Interaction Noise Generation | Y. Mauffrey, G. Rahier, J. Prieur | ONERA | Journal of Aircraft Vol. 46, Number 5 | 2009 | AIAA |
| Research into the Improvement of the Management of Helicopter Noise | QinetiQ | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK | DEFRA NANR235: Project report | 2007 | DEFRA |
| Towards Greener Helicopters | G. Arnaud and Ph. Grison | CEAS | CEAS Aeronaut Journal (2013) 4:291–299 | 2013 | CEAS |
| An Evaluation of Methods for Scaling Aircraft Noise Perception | J. B. Ollerhead | NASA | CR-1883 | 1971 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| A Study of the Effect of Flight Density and Background Noise on V/STOL Acceptability | Harry Sternfeld, Jr., Ernest G. Hinterkeuser, Roy B. Hackman, and Jerry Davis | NASA | CR-2197 | 1974 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Evaluation of the Annoyance Due to Helicopter Rotor Noise | Harry Sternfeld, Jr., Linda Bukowski Doyle | NASA | CR-3001 | 1978 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Subjective Field Study of Response to Impulsive Helicopter Noise | Clemans A. Powell | NASA | TP-1933 | 1981 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Effects of Repetition Rate and Impulsiveness of Simulated Helicopter Rotor Noise on Annoyance | Clemans A. Powell and David A. McCurdy | NASA | TP-1969 | 1982 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Laboratory Studies of Scales for Measuring Helicopter Noise | J.B. Ollerhead | NASA | CR-3610 | 1982 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Should Helicopter Noise Be Measured Differently From Other Aircraft | John A. Molino | NASA | CR-3609 | 1982 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Evaluation of the Impact of Noise Metrics on Tiltrotor Aircraft Design | H. Stemfeld, R. Spencer, and P. Ziegenbein | NASA | CR-198240 | 1995 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Psychoacoustic Testing of Modulated Blade Spacing for Main Rotors | Bryan Edwards | NASA | CR-2002-211651 | 2002 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Revolutionary Concepts for Helicopter Noise Reduction - S.I.L.E.N.T. Program | Bryan Edwards, and Charles Cox | NASA | CR-2002-211650 | 2002 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| XV-15 Tiltrotor Aircraft: 1997 Acoustic Testing | Bryan Edwards and David Conner | NASA | TM-2003-212151 | 2003 | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
| Nonmilitary Helicopter Urban Noise Study | FAA Report to Congress | FAA | FAA Report to Congress | 2004 | Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) |
| The Improvement of Helicopter Noise Management in the UK | David Waddington, Paul Kendrick, Geoff Kerry, Matthew Muirhead, Ray Browne | ICBEN | 9th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) | 2008 | ICBEN |
| Wind-Tunnel Tests of a Helicopter Rotor with Active Flaps | P. Crozier, P. Leconte, Y. Delrieux, B. Gimonet, A. Le Pape, H. Mercier des Rochettes | ERF | 32th European Rotorcraft Forum | 2006 | ERF Proceedings |
| Improvement of Noise Reduction and Performance for a Helicopter Model Rotor Blade by Active Twist Actuation | J. Bailly, Y. Delrieux | ERF | 35th European Rotorcraft Forum | 2009 | ERF Proceedings |
| Assessment of Helicopter Noise Annoyance: A Comparison Between Noise from Helicopters and from Jet Aircraft | T. Gjestland | Elsevier | Journal of Sound and Vibration (1994) 171 (4), 453-458 | 1994 | Science Direct |
| Guidance for Helicopter Community Noise Prediction — Final Report | Juliet A. Page, Christopher M. Hobbs, Benjamin May, et al. | The National Academies | Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Transportation Research Board | 2015 | Transportation Research Board |
| Recommended Community Noise Model Enhancements to Improve Prediction of Helicopter Activity Impacts | Joseph D. Navarrete (Ed.) | National Academies Press | TRB ACRP Research Results Digest 24, Jan. 2016 | 2016 | Transportation Research Board |
| Acoustic Design and Testing of the Eurocopter EC145T2 and EC175B – A Harmonized Franco-German Approach | Vincent Gareton, Marc Gervais and Rainer Heger | ERF | 39th European Rotorcraft Forum | 2013 | ERF Document Repository |
| Performance Assessment of the Erica Tilt-Rotor in Cruise | J. Decours, S. Burguburu, F. Falissard | ERF | 36th European Rotorcraft Forum | 2010 | ERF Document Repository |
| Helicopter Noise and Public Acceptance: A Stressed Relationship Today, a Better Balance Tomorrow | Gilles Arnaud, Henri James Marze | ERF | 29th European Rotorcraft Forum, Noise Regulation Workshop | 2003 | ERF Document Repository |
| Helicopter Noise and Public Acceptance: A Stressed Relationship Today, a Better Balance Tomorrow | Gilles Arnaud, Henri James Marze | ERF | 29th European Rotorcraft Forum, Noise Regulation Workshop | 2003 | ERF Document Repository |
| Understanding Public Acceptance of Rotorcraft | John Leverton, Tony Pike | ERF | 29th European Rotorcraft Forum, Noise Regulation Workshop | 2003 | ERF Document Repository |
| Towards a Lower Helicopter Noise Interference in Human Life | Fausto Cenedese | ERF | 29th European Rotorcraft Forum, Noise Regulation Workshop | 2003 | ERF Document Repository |
| High Speed Impulsive Noise and Aerodynamic Result For Rectangular and Swept Rotor Blade Tip Tests in S1-Modane Wind Tunnel | C. Polacsek, P. Lafon | ERF | 17th European Rotorcraft Forum | 1991 | ERF Document Repository |
| A Subjective Test of Modulated Blade Spacing for Helicopter Main Rotors | J.B. Leverton and A.C. Pike | AHS International | AHS 58th Annual Forum | 2002 | VFS Online Store |
| Aeroacoustic Flight Test and Data Analysis for the Validation of Fenestron Noise Computations | F. Falissard, F. Desmerger, P. Gardarein, L. Binet, J.-C. Camus | AHS International | AHS 67th Annual Forum | 2011 | VFS Online Store |
| Detectability and Annoyance of Repetitive Impulsive Sounds | S. Fidell and R. Horonjeff | AHS International | AHS 37th Annual Forum | 1981 | VFS Online Store |
| Helicopter Community Noise Prediction Methodology for AEDT | Juliet A. Page | AHS International | Forum 72 | 2016 | VFS Online Store |
| Helicopter Noise - What is Important from a Community Prospective? | J.B. Leverton and A.C. Pike | AHS International | AHS 63rd Annual Forum | 2007 | VFS Online Store |
| Noise in the Parks | Robert Moorman | AHS International | Vertiflite, March-April | 2015 | VFS Online Store |
| The Onera-DLR Aeroacoustic Rotor Optimisation Program ERATO: Methodology and Achievements | Y. Delrieux, J. Prieur, M. Costes, P. Gardarein, P. Beaumier, H. Mercier des Rochettes, P. Leconte, P. Crozier, W.R. Splettstoesser, B. van der Wall, B. Junker, K.-J. Schultz, E. Mercker, K. Pengel, J-J. Philippe, B. Gmelin | AHS International | AHS Test and Evaluation Specialists' Meeting | 2002 | VFS Online Store |
| OEM Perspectives on Noise | Mike Hampson | AHS International | Vertiflite, Jan-Feb | 2014 | VFS Online Store |
| Helicopter Noise: What is the Problem? | Dr. John Leverton | AHS International | Vertiflite, March-April | 2014 | VFS Online Store |
| Helicopter Noise: The People’s Perspective – Los Angeles County | Robert Moorman | AHS International | Vertiflite, Nov-Dec | 2014 | VFS Online Store |
| Noise in the Cities — Revisited | Robert Moorman | AHS International | Vertiflite, Nov-Dec | 2016 | VFS Online Store |
| US Government Research Targets Helicopter Noise | Douglas Nelms | AHS International | Vertiflite, Nov-Dec | 2017 | VFS Online Store |
| Flying Around Noise | Frank Colucci | AHS International | Vertiflite, Sep-Oct | 2015 | VFS Online Store |
| XV-15 Tiltrotor Low Noise Approach Operations | David Conner, Michael Marcolini, William Decker, John Cline, Bryan Edwards, Colby Nicks and Peter Klein | AHS International | AHS 55th Annual Forum | 1999 | VFS Online Store |
| Investigation on Broadband Helicopter Rotor Noise | J. Brézillon, J. Prieur, G. Rahier | AHS International | AHS Technical Specialists' Meeting for Rotorcraft Acoustics & Aerodynamics | 1997 | AHS International |
| Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Results of the Fenestron Noise Flight Test Campaign | F. Falissard, P. Gardarein, L. Binet | ONERA | 10th ONERA-DLR Symposium | 2009 | None |